SOFTBALL
Connecticut Major Division
Softball (ages 11-12)
State championship (best-of-3)
At Vernon Center Middle School
Friday, July 20
Game 1: Waterford South 5, Orange 0
Saturday, July 21
Game 2: Waterford South 5, Orange 2
Game 2: Waterford South 5, Orange 2
VERNON, July 21 -- Waterford South swept Orange to win its second straight state title. Waterford also won in 2002. P Kassie Lankerd struck out eight in six strong innings and added two singles for Waterford while Megan Spellman had an RBI single in the first inning and an RBI double in the third. Christine Hadfield added an RBI single.Orange was in the final for the third time in four years. They won titles in 2004 and 2005.
Game 1: Waterford South 5, Orange 0
VERNON, July 20 – Pitcher Kelly Connors struck out 11 and went the distance on the mound to lead Waterford South. She also added a double in the fifth inning when Waterford scored four runs on five hits. Hannah Swanson was 3-for-3 for the winners while Christine Hadfield had two hits.
Section II Tournament
Thursday, July 12
Rocky Hill (D7) 6, Tri-Town (D6) 1
Coginchaug (D9) 8, Tolland (D8) 3
Waterford So. (D10) 16, Killingly/Brooklyn (D11) 5 (4)
Friday, July 13
Tri-Town 9, Tolland 2
Waterford South 13, Coginchaug 3
Rocky Hill 11, Killingly/Brooklyn 1
Saturday, July 14
Rocky Hill 9, Waterford South 8
Tolland 8, Killingly/Brooklyn 2
Coginchaug 10, Tri-Town 5
Sunday, July 15
Waterford South 10, Tri-Town 1
Rocky Hill (D7) vs. Tolland (D8), game suspended, rain
Coginchaug 22, Killingly/Brooklyn 17
Monday, July 16
Rocky Hill 2, Coginchaug 1
Tri-Town 7, Killingly/Brooklyn 5
Tolland 5, Waterford South 1
Tuesday, July 17
Rocky Hill 7, Tolland 1
Note: Tri-Town is comprised of players from Litchfield, Warren, Morris and Goshen
Wednesday, July 18
Championship: Waterford South 8, Rocky Hill 1
At Shelton National
Thursday, July 12
Redding (D1) 3, Monroe (D2) 2 (9)
Orange (D4) 4, Shelton (D3) 1
Friday, July 13
Berlin (D5) 7, Redding 6
Shelton 3, Monroe 2
Saturday, July 14
Orange 6, Monroe 0
Berlin 7, Shelton 3
Sunday, July 15
Orange 5, Redding 3 (7)
Berlin 9, Monroe 4
Monday, July 16
Berlin 6, Orange 2
Shelton 5, Redding 2
Wednesday, July 18
Championship: Orange 6, Berlin 0
Connecticut Junior Division
Softball (ages 13-14)
State championship (best-of-3)
At Woodstock (D11)
Tuesday, July 17
Game 1: West Shore 11, Pawcatuck 2 (5)
Wednesday, July 18
Game 2: West Shore 9, Pawcatuck 0 (5)
Game 2: West Shore 9, Pawcatuck 0 (5)
WOODSTOCK, July 18 – Undefeated West Shore (7-0) rolled to the state championship with a dominant 9-0 victory over Pawcatuck to sweep the state Junior Softball series. Allie Baker had a triple and two singles for West Shore (13 hits) while Tori Cimino, Taryn Larkin and Nicole Velardi each had two hits. West Shore advances to the Eastern Regionals in Syracuse.
Game 1: West Shore 11, Pawcatuck 1
WOODSTOCK, July 17 – Undefeated West Shore of Orange, Milford and Bethwood scored six runs in the second inning and allowed Pawcatuck just two hits in a 11-1 victory. Randi Parilla and Ashley Wheeler had singles for Pawcatuck.
Section II Tournament
At Rocky Hill (District 7)
Monday, July 9
Pawcatuck (D10) 9, Plainfield/Moosup 2 (D11)
Coginchaug (D9) 9, Ellington (D8) 2
Tuesday, July 10
Rocky Hill (D7) 14, Ellington (D8) 0
Pawcatuck (D10) 8, Coginchaug (D9) 3
Wednesday, July 11
Pawcatuck 12, Ellington 2 (6)
Rocky Hill 10, Plainfield/Moosup 4
Thursday, July 12
Coginchaug 6, Plainfield/Moosup 4
Pawcatuck 3, Rocky Hill 2
Friday, July 13
Rocky Hill 5, Coginchaug 2
Plainfield/Moosup 6, Ellington 4
Monday, July 16
Championship: Pawcatuck 19, Rocky Hill 2 (5)
At Praggman Park, Wallingford
Sunday, July 8
Ridgefield (D1) 6, Seymour (D3) 4
West Shore (D4) 10, Fairfield (D2) 0 (5)
Monday, July 9
West Shore 11, Seymour 2
Fairfield 17, Wallingford (D5) 4
Tuesday, July 10
West Shore 9, Ridgefield 0
Wallingford 11, Seymour 1 (5)
Wednesday, July 11
West Shore 12, Wallingford 0 (5)
Fairfield 15, Ridgefield 3 (5)
Thursday, July 12
Wallingford 7, Ridgefield 6
Fairfield 13, Seymour 2
Monday, July 16
Championship: West Shore 4, Fairfield 0
Connecticut Senior League
Softball (ages 14-16)
At Snow School, Middletown (D9)
Monday July 9
Middletown (D9) def. Wallingford (D5)
Pawcutuck (D10) def. Shelton (D3)
Tuesday, July 10
Shelton (D3) vs. Wallingford (D5)
Middletown 22, Norwich 2
Wednesday, July 11
Middletown def. Shelton (D3)
Pawcatuck def. Wallingford (D5)
Thursday, July 12
Pawcatuck 10, Middletown (D9) 0 (5)
Wallingford 13, Norwich 3
Friday, July 13
Shelton 17, Norwich 5
Monday, July 16
Pawcatuck 13, Norwich 0 (5)
Best of 3 championship
Tuesday, July 17
Game 1: Pawcatuck 6, Middletown 0
Friday, July 20
Game 2: Pawcatuck 11, Middletown 1 (6)
Game 2: Pawcatuck 11, Middletown 1 (6)
MIDDLETOWN, July 20 – Pitchers Elysa Parrilla and Aubrey Latham combined to pitch a two-hitter to lead Pawcatuck to an 11-1 win over Middletown and their second straight state championship. “Nothing got in their way,” Pawcatuck coach Ken Tracey told the New London Day. “The older girls had great leadership showing the younger girls the way. It was an awesome experience.” Latham struck out six batters in three innings while Parrilla fanned four in three innings work. Arielle Cooper was 2-for-3 with a double and triple while Emily Borden and Brittany Walter each had two hits. Latham had a triple.
Game 1: Pawcatuck 6, Middletown 0
MIDDLETOWN, July 17 -- Elysa Parrilla and Aubrey Latham combined on a one-hitter to lead undefeated Pawcatuck to a 6-0 win over Middletown in game one. Parilla pitched four innings, gave up no hits and struck out four. Latham pitched the final three innings and fanned eight. Latham had an RBI double in the first inning while Arielle Cooper had an RBI single. Amanda Banker had two singles and one RBI. Pawcatuck was 4-0 in pool play while Middletown was 3-1.
Connecticut Big League
Softball (ages 16-18)
With just two Big League teams in the state, both advance to the Eastern Regional.
Bristol (D5)
Seymour (D3)
Seymour wins World Series title
KALAMAZOO, Mich., Aug. 19 -- Connecticut’s Big League softball team from Seymour won the Little League World Series title with a 1-0 win over defending world champion Kalamozoo, Mich., before an estimated 4,000 fans. P Rachel Fico struck out 16 and allowed just one hit. Seymour’s Brittany Wyskiel singled up the middle,
moved to second a sacrifice by Christine Boudreau and scored on Jess Rickel’s RBI double to right-center field.
"This is probably the finest group of 16-18-year-old softball players to come out of the Naugatuck Valley," Seymour coach Joe Musante told the Connecticut Post. "We felt with Rachele, Liska former Seymour all-stater Danielle Liska) and Bogen (current Seymour standout pitcher Kim Bogen), we felt we had a strong team. Seymour (14-0) won eight straight games via shutout to win the East Regional in West Haven, which included District 5 champion Bristol that went to the World Series finals a year ago. Seymour beat Bristol in the Eastern Regional finals, 1-0. Seymour was 6-0 at the World Series, allowing just two runs.
Connecticut Minor Division
Softball (age 11)
State championship (best-of-3)
Tuesday, July 17
Fairfield (D2) 5, Ridgefield (D1) 3
Wallingford (D5) 14, East Shore (D4) 13
Wednesday, July 18
West Hartford (D7) 16, Fairfield 15
Ridgefield 7, East Shore 0
Friday, July 20
West Hartford 19, Ridgefield 2
Fairfield 20, Wallingford 5
Saturday, July 21
Ridgefield 27, Wallingford 14
West Hartford 19, East Shore 1
Sunday, July 22
Fairfield 24, East Shore 5
West Hartford 22, Wallingford 12
Tuesday, July 24
Championship: Fairfield 3, West Hartford 2 (7)
Fairfield 3, West Hartford 2 (7)
RIDGEFIELD, July 24 -- Fairfield (4-1) beat previously undefeated West Hartford (4-1), 3-2 in seven innings to win its second state title in four years. West Hartford nipped Fairfield, 16-15 earlier in the tournament.
Connecticut 9-10
Softball (ages 9-10)
State championship (best-of-3)
At Rocky Hill
Saturday, July 28
Game 1: Seymour 9, East Lyme 6
Sunday, July 29
Game 2: Seymour 9, East Lyme 3
Game 2: Seymour 9, East Lyme 3
ROCKY HILL, July 29 -- Seymour won its first 9-10 state title by sweeping East Lyme 9-3. Seymour won its fifth straight tournament game.
Game 1: Seymour 9, East Lyme 6
ROCKY HILL, July 28 -- Seymour won its fourth straight game with a 9-6 win over East Lyme to take a 1-0 lead in the best of 3 state final.
Section II Tournament
At Waterford South
Thursday, July 19
Simsbury 3, East Hartford 2
Haddam 15, Ellington 14
East Lyme (D10) 17, Thompson (D11) 3
Friday, July 20
East Hartford 7, Thompson 6
Simsbury 16, Ellington 4
East Lyme 15, Haddam 2 (4)
Sunday, July 22
Simsbury 17, Haddam 8
East Lyme 16, East Hartford 7
Ellington 6, Thompson 5
Monday, July 23
East Lyme 12, Simsbury 2 (4)
Ellington 15, East Hartford 13
Thompson 12, Haddam 1 (5)
Tuesday, July 24
Simsbury 13, Thompson 9
East Hartford 6, Haddam 4
East Lyme 8, Ellington 4
Thursday, July 26
Championship: East Lyme 6, Simsbury 5
District 1 (multiple locations)
Thursday, July 19
Black Rock-Bridgeport (D2) 25, Darien (D1) 3 (4)
Milford (D4) 3, Seymour (D3) 2 (8)
Friday, July 20
Seymour 12, Darien 2 (5)
Black Rock 14, Wallingford (D5) 2 (4)
Sunday, July 22
Wallingford 11, Darien 6
Black Rock-Bridgeport 9, Milford 7
Tuesday, July 24
Seymour 3, Black Rock-Bridgeport 2
Milford 18, Wallingford 0
Wednesday, July 25
Milford 11, Darien 5
Seymour 16, Wallingford 4 (5)
Thursday, July 26
Championship: Seymour 6, Black Rock 3
BASEBALL
Connecticut Major Division
Baseball (ages 11-12)
State championship (best-of-3)
At Waterford South
Friday, July 27
Game 1: Shelton National 2, Newington National 1
Saturday, July 28
Game 2: Shelton National 9, Newington National 1
Gm 2: Shelton Nat'l 9, Newington Nat'l 1
WATERFORD, July 28 – Taking advantage of five Newington National errors, seven walks, two hit batters and four wild pitches, Shelton National rolled to a 9-1 victory and swept the best-of-3 series to win its second state championship. Pitcher Nick Petrovich pitched five innings, striking out eight and allowing three hits.
Ryan Testani had a two-RBI single in the first while Vinny Backert had a RBI double in the third. Jacob Lennertz had three RBI in the game as Shelton National built a 9-0 lead.
"They were very relaxed out there today," Shelton National manager Mark Testani told the New Haven Register. "Winning (game one on Friday) certainly helped. That gave us a little breathing room. But there were no jitters and everyone was very calm." Shelton National also won the state title in 1995. The Shelton Americans won the state title in 2000.
Gm 1: Shelton Nat'l 2, Newington Nat'l 1
WATERFORD, July 27 – Shelton National made an early two-run lead stand up to take game 1 of the best-of-3 state final with a 2-1 victory over Newington National on Friday. Shelton led 2-0 after two innings.
Matt Batten led off the game with a double and scored on a Nick Petrovich single. In the second, David Sanchez singled with two outs, moved to second on a wild pitch and scored on a RBI single by Tyler Tice. Shelton P David Sanchez allowed just six hits, struck out six and didn’t walk a batter. "David, once again, came through," Shelton National manager Mark Testani told the New Haven Register. "He did what we needed. We didn’t give him a lot of support today at the plate but thank God we didn’t need much."
Newington threatened in the fourth. Matt Dean had a one-out RBI single and Nick Briganti reached on an error. Dean tried to score from second on a single from Jorge Premto but was thrown out at home by outfielder Nick Petrovich. Newington did cut the lead with an RBI single from Zachery Hedberg. Newington P Nick Briganti, who gave up seven hits in the first two innings, allowed just two hits in the final four innings.
"We just did not have it tonight," Newington manager Walt Gwisc told the New Britain Herald. "There's always one game where, for some reason, the kids just aren't there... It doesn't mean they don't want to win, it's just a funky attitude. The good thing about that is, I've never seen it happen two nights in a row."
Section II Tournament
At District 7 (various sites)
Tuesday, July 17
Newington National (D7) 5, Avon (D6) 0
Ellington (D8) 4, Madison American (D9) 3
New London American (D10) 6, Brooklyn (D11) 3
Wednesday, July 18
Ellington 2, Avon 1 (7)
New London American 12, Madison 0 (5)
Newington National 6, Brooklyn 0
Friday, July 20
Avon 11, Madison American 5
Newington Nat'l 5, New London American 4
Brooklyn 8, Ellington 7
Saturday, July 21
Avon 6, New London American 1
Brooklyn 6, Madison American 1
Ellington 10, Newington National 0 (4)
Sunday, July 22
New London American 3, Ellington 1
Avon 5, Brooklyn 4
Newington National 10, Madison 4
Tuesday, July 24
Championship: Newington National 3, Ellington 2
Section I Tournament
Host: District 5
Tuesday, July 17
Ridgefield American (D1) 10, Annex-New Haven (D4) 0 (4)
Shelton National (D3) 11, Fairfield American (D2) 0
Wednesday, July 18
Farmington (D5) 2, Ridgefield American 0 Annex 5, Fairfield American 3
Friday, July 20
Fairfield American 8, Farmington 6
Shelton National 8, Annex 3
Saturday, July 21
Shelton National 7, Farmington 0
Fairfield American 6, Ridgefield American 3
Sunday, July 22
Farmington 8, Annex-New Haven 3
Shelton National 9, Ridgefield American 7
Tuesday, July 24
Championship: Shelton National 8, Fairfield American 1
Connecticut Junior Division
Baseball (ages 13-14)
State championship (best-of-3)
Saturday, July 28
Game 1: Pawcatuck 5, Plainville 3
Sunday, July 29
Game 2: Pawcatuck 6, Plainville 3
Game 2: Pawcatuck 6, Plainville 3
PLAINVILLE, July 29 – Nate McColl’s two-RBI single in the sixth snapped a 3-3 tie to lift Pawcatuck to a 6-3 win over Plainville and a sweep of the best-of-3 state final. Plainville tied the game in the fifth on Chris Kuzia’s double but Pawcatuck took advantage of an error and two walks to break the game open. Pawcatuck’s Tony Cerino had a single and double. Brandon Dalena had three hits for Plainville, making its first trip to the finals since 2000.
Game 1: Pawcatuck 5, Plainville 3
PAWCATUCK, July 28 – P Tony Cerino scattered five hits, gave up one walk and allowed three runs to lead Pawcatuck to a win over Plainville in game one. Jay Hespeler hit a three-run HR for Pawcatuck while Cerino added two singles. Jake Berkowitz had a double for the winners. Jim Connolley, Tyler Tavares and T.J. White each hit singles.
Section II Tournament
Site TBA
Friday, July 20
Gm 1: Tolland (D8) 19, Pawcatuck (D10) 9
Game 2: Brooklyn (D11) 5, Portland (D9) 1
Saturday, July 21
Game 3: Pawcatuck def. Portland
Sunday, July 22
Game 4: Brooklyn 7, Tolland 0
Tuesday, July 24
Game 5: Pawcatuck 13, Tolland 12 (8)
Wednesday, July 25
Game 6, championship: Pawcatuck 10, Brooklyn 8
Section I Tournament
Friday, July 20
Game 1: Plainville (D5) 11, Max Sinoway-North Haven (D4) 2
Sunday, July 22
Game 2: Fairfield (D2) 11, Plainville 5
Tuesday, July 24
Game 3: Plainville 10, Max Sinoway-North Haven 3
Game 4, Championship: Plainville def. Fairfield (withdrew)
Connecticut Senior Division
Baseball (ages 14-16)
State Tournament
At Stafford (D8)
Friday, July 20
Game 1: Max Sinoway-North Haven (D4) 11, Pawcatuck (D10) 2
Saturday, July 21
Game 2: Yalesville (D5) 16, Middletown (D9) 6
Game 3: Max Sinoway-North Haven 6, Stafford 4
Game 4: Middletown 11, Pawcatuck 3
Sunday, July 22
Gm 5: Max Sinoway 4, Yalesville 3
Monday, July 23
Game 6: Stafford 9, Middletown 1
Tuesday, July 24
Game 7: Stafford 3, Yalesville 2
Wednesday, July 25
Game 8: Championship: Max Sinoway-North Haven 8, Stafford 1
Max Sinoway 8, Stafford 1
STAFFORD, July 25 -- North Haven's Max Sinoway won its second state title in three years by beating host Stafford, 8-1. Max Sinoway, which was undefeated in the tournament at 4-0, was in the championship game for the fourth year in a row.
Connecticut Minor Division
Baseball (age 11)
State championship (best-of-3)
At Trumbull, Unity Field
Saturday, July 28
McCabe Waters 5, Guilford 4 (7)
Sunday, July 29
McCabe Waters 4, Guilford 0
Gm. 2: McCabe Waters 4, Guilford 0
TRUMBULL, July 29 -- McCabe Waters P Matt Blandino hit a solo HR and came within one out of pitching a complete game shutout to lead his team to a 4-0 win over Guilford and a state championship. Jimmy Godbout had a RBI double for McCabe Waters. In the fifth, Joey DeFillippi walked, hustled his way from first to third base on a Mitch Guilmette sacrifice bunt and scored on a passed ball. Ben Rylander added an RBI double.
Blandino was 3-0 in the tournament, striking out 22 batters in 16 1/3rd innings. McCabe Waters went 15-1 in district and state tournament play and won a state title for the second year in a row. A majority of this team won the 9-10 state title a year ago.
"We've been getting great pitching and great defense all tournament," McCabe manager Joe DeFillippi told the Bristol Press. "It's rare to win two straight state titles. These kids definitely made history with that."
Gm. 1: McCabe Waters 5, Guilford 4 (7)
TRUMBULL, July 28 – A sacrifice fly from Kyle Pileski drove in the winning run to lift Bristol’s McCabe Waters to a 5-4 win over Guilford in game 1 of the best-of-3 final. P Ben Rylander pitched five innings in relief, striking out two and earning the win. It was a see-saw game. McCabe Waters scored two runs to take a 3-2 lead in the fourth and added another run in the fifth to tie the game at 4-4.
In the seventh, McCabe’s Jacob Martel doubled and moved to second on a ground ball out before scoring on the Pileski sacrifice. McCabe Waters is looking for a second state title in two years. Most of this team won the state title in the 9-10 division a year ago.
Section I Tournament
At Shelton and Naugatuck
Thursday, July 19
Wilton (D1) 5, West Haven (D4) 3
Shelton National (D3) 13, Westport American (D2) 5
Friday, July 20
McCabe Waters-Bristol (D5) 5, Wilton 4
Westport American 7, West Haven 6
Sunday, July 22
McCabe Waters-Bristol 6, West Haven 1
Wilton 5, Shelton National 4 (8)
Tuesday, July 24
Wilton 17, Westport American 5
McCabe Waters 4, Shelton National 2 (7)
Wednesday, July 25
McCabe Waters 9, Westport American 2
Shelton National 9, West Haven 3
Thursday, July 26
Championship: McCabe Waters-Bristol 4, Wilton 0
Section II Tournament
Site: Stafford (D8)
Friday, July 20
Glastonbury American (D7) 9, Jewitt CIty (D11) 0
Guilford (D9) 6, Montville National (D10) 2
Saturday, July 21
Guilford 9, Enfield (D8) 6
Montville National 11, Jewitt CIty 4
Sunday, July 22
Glastonbury American 13, Montville Nat'l 6
Jewett City 6, Enfield 4
Tuesday, July 24
Glastonbury American 10, Guilford 0 (5)
Montville National 11, Enfield 1 (5)
Wednesday, July 25
Glastonbury American def. Enfield
Guilford 17, Jewitt City 2
Thursday, July 26
Championship: Guilford 10, Glastonbury 2
Connecticut 9-10
Baseball (ages 9-10)
State championship (best-of-3)
At Milford Nationals, Clarkson Field
Saturday, July 28
Game 1: Annex-N. Haven 9, Avon 1
Sunday, July 29
Game 2: Annex-N. Haven 6, Avon 1
Game 2: Annex 6, Avon 1
MILFORD, July 29 -- Annex-New Haven captured its first 9-10 state championship with a 6-1 win over Avon and a sweep of the best-of-3 state finals.
Game 1: Annex 9, Avon 1
MILFORD, July 28 -- Annex-New Haven took a 1-0 lead in the best-of-3 state final with a 9-1 victory over Avon. It's Avon's first appearance in the championship round since 2001.
Section II Tournament
At Montville National/Waterford South
Thursday, July 19
Guilford (D9) 9, Lyme/Old Lyme (D10) 4
Friday, July 20
Avon 4, Glastonbury American 2
Thompson 17, Lyme/Old Lyme 2 (4)
Guilford 15, South Windsor 1 (4)
Saturday, July 21
Avon 4, Guilford 3
Lyme/Old Lyme 11, Glastonbury Amer. 10
South Windsor 10, Thompson 0
Sunday, July 22
Avon 12, Lyme/Old Lyme 2 (5)
Glastonbury Americans 10, So. Windsor 6
Guilford 19, Thompson 6 (5)
Tuesday, July 24
South Windsor Nationals 8, Avon 5
Glastonbury American 5, Thompson 2
Wednesday, July 25
Avon 14, Thompson 1
Guilford 6, Glastonbury American 5
South Windsor National 9, Lyme/OL 1
Wednesday, July 25
Championship: Avon 9, Guilford 2
At Milford Nationals, Clarkson Field
Wednesday, July 18
Shelton National (D3) 10, Fairfield American (D2) 9
Annex-New Haven (D4) 8, Darien American (D1) 3
Thursday, July 19
Fairfield American 7, Annex-New Haven 0
Friday, July 20
Darien Amer. 2, Southington North (D5) 1
Saturday, July 21
Darien American 5, Shelton National 4
Annex-New Haven 9, Southington North 6
Sunday, July 22
Fairfield American 8, Darien American 0
Southington North 14, Shelton National 6
Tuesday, July 24
Fairfield American 3, Southington North 0
Annex-New Haven 12, Shelton National 2
Wednesday, July 25
Championship: Annex-New Haven 10, Fairfield American 0
